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Amputate Your Head · 08-17-2010, 01:28 PM

Massive coral die-off seen in 93-degree waters - Aug 2010
Area off Indonesia is 7 degrees warmer than usual

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One of the most destructive and swift coral bleaching events ever recorded is under way in the waters off Indonesia, where water temperatures have climbed into the low 90s, according to data released by a conservation group this week. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) says a dramatic rise in sea temperature, potentially linked to global warming, is responsible for the devastation.

The event is the result of a rise in sea surface temperatures in the Andaman Sea ? an area that includes the coasts of Myanmar, Thailand, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and northwestern Indonesia. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Hotspots website, temperatures in the region peaked in late May at more than 93 degrees Fahrenheit (34 degrees Celsius). That's 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius) higher than long-term averages for the area. "It's a disappointing development particularly in light of the fact that these same corals proved resilient to other disruptions to this ecosystem, including the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004," said WCS Indonesia Marine Program Director Stuart Campbell.

Of particular concern is the scale of the warmer ocean waters, which the NOAA website indicates has affected the entire Andaman Sea and beyond. Similar mass bleaching events in 2010 have now been recorded in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and many parts of Indonesia. "If a similar degree of mortality is apparent at other sites in the Andaman Sea this will be the worst bleaching event ever recorded in the region," said Andrew Baird of James Cook University in Australia.

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Verbal · 08-17-2010, 01:29 PM

In other news .. waters that were once to cold too sustain coral, is now thriving in record numbers ;)

PR_Glen · 08-17-2010, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Verbal

In other news .. waters that were once to cold too sustain coral, is now thriving in record numbers ;)

way to kill the negative vibe!

billywatson · 08-17-2010, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Verbal

In other news .. waters that were once to cold too sustain coral, is now thriving in record numbers ;)

Hands down the dumbest post ever made here.

Verbal · 08-17-2010, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by billywatson

Hands down the dumbest post ever made here.

lighten-up dip shit .. it was a joke

Coup · 08-17-2010, 01:51 PM

Global warming isn't real. Weather patterns haven't changed a bit. Everything is fine

marketsmart · 08-17-2010, 01:58 PM

i wonder if this news will drive up the price of prostitutes in that area.....

thats my only real concern about this news....

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Scott McD · 08-17-2010, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by marketsmart

i wonder if this news will drive up the price of prostitutes in that area.....

thats my only real concern about this news....

Won't you just rape them if it does ??

cambaby · 08-17-2010, 02:08 PM

All those cars and manufacturing plants on Mars are warming that planet too.

mynameisjim · 08-17-2010, 02:09 PM

That's the old school coral that can't take the heat. Haven't you watched the news? New school ocean life eats oil for breakfast. I'm sure they can handle a little heat too.

Caligari · 08-17-2010, 02:09 PM

whats the problem, its just the natural warming and cooling of the earth;)

Amputate Your Head · 08-17-2010, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Caligari

whats the problem, its just the natural warming and cooling of the earth;)

I hope I live to see the day when all the sobbing "... but.. but,.... nobody told us!" come out.

Ethersync · 08-17-2010, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head

I hope I live to see the day when all the sobbing "... but.. but,.... nobody told us!" come out.

What do you expect will happen that causes people to say that?

Amputate Your Head · 08-17-2010, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ethersync

What do you expect will happen that causes people to say that?

I expect the earth to crack open and dragons to come flying out, naturally.

DWB · 08-17-2010, 02:44 PM

The Andaman Sea is excellent diving. Besides fucking Thai teen twins, it's one of the perks of living in Thailand.

I believe in global warming and that a climate shift is taking place now globally. Shits gonna happen. We can't possibly thing that we are going to ride this planet forever.

marketsmart · 08-17-2010, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

The Andaman Sea is excellent diving. Besides fucking Thai teen twins, it's one of the perks of living in Thailand.

I believe in global warming and that a climate shift is taking place now globally. Shits gonna happen. We can't possibly thing that we are going to ride this planet forever.

i am a little troubled by the fact that you did not define the gender of said thai teen twins...

please don't leave me hanging....

.

marketsmart · 08-17-2010, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head

I expect the earth to crack open and dragons to come flying out, naturally.

the story would be more believable of you said unicorns...

dragons are just make believe....

except for the komodo dragon.. that bitch is real and they bite...

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Ethersync · 08-17-2010, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head

I expect the earth to crack open and dragons to come flying out, naturally.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

I believe in global warming and that a climate shift is taking place now globally. Shits gonna happen. We can't possibly thing that we are going to ride this planet forever.

Of course global warming exists as does global cooling. The question is whether or not humans impact the natural variations in temperature that the planet experiences and if there is a human impact will it have a detrimental effect on us as a race. Humans have done just fine on earth when it was significantly hotter than it is now. In fact as a race we handle heat much better than cold.

billywatson · 08-17-2010, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Verbal

lighten-up dip shit .. it was a joke

Hands down the second-dumbest post ever made here.

Atticus · 08-17-2010, 03:38 PM

Man you are a Debbie Downer. Every post, every day.

Did you know feline AIDS is the number one killer of cats? WaaWaaa

Amputate Your Head · 08-17-2010, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Atticus

Man you are a Debbie Downer. Every post, every day.

Did you know feline AIDS is the number one killer of cats? WaaWaaa

GFY isn't exactly the Optimist Club.

DWB · 08-17-2010, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by marketsmart

i am a little troubled by the fact that you did not define the gender of said thai teen twins...

please don't leave me hanging....

.

Actually, I have had Thai twin teen ladyboys. Maybe they pig roasted me, I don't remember. But I recall with vivid detail the few sets of female twins I've been with over here. My cock needs to be bronzed when I'm done with it and hung on Ron Jeremy's wall.

Yanks_Todd · 08-17-2010, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by billywatson

Hands down the dumbest post ever made here.

I thought that was pretty funny, and somewhat logical. The coral growth must slowly creep both north and south slightly

Bill8 · 08-17-2010, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by cambaby

All those cars and manufacturing plants on Mars are warming that planet too.

I can't expect you to look at the science behind the rightwing claim that there either truly is global warming on mars, or that, if there is, it can be compared to global warming here on earth.

understanding the science isn't your political motive, and I understand that.

but if you don't wnt to be a buttpuppet for the oil companies, you might want to check your sources.

Here's a relatively recent and well formulated rsponse to the "mars is warming too, therefore warming here isn't anthropogenic" oil company story.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/...rming-too.html

Quote:

There have been claims that warming on Mars and Pluto are proof that the recent warming on Earth is caused by an increase in solar activity, and not by greenhouse gases. But we can say with certainty that, even if Mars, Pluto or any other planets have warmed in recent years, it is not due to changes in solar activity.

The Sun's energy output has not increased since direct measurements began in 1978 (see Climate myth special: Global warming is down to the Sun, not humans). If increased solar output really was responsible, we should be seeing warming on all the planets and their moons, not just Mars and Pluto.

...

What do we know? Images of Mars suggest that between 1999 and 2005, some of the frozen carbon dioxide that covers the south polar region turned into gas (sublimated). This may be the result of the whole planet warming (see Mars images hint at recent climate swings).

Dwarf planet
One theory is that winds have recently swept some areas of Mars clean of dust, darkening the surface, warming the Red Planet and leading to further increases in windiness - a positive feedback effect (see Dust blamed for warming on Mars).

There is a great deal of uncertainty, though. The warming could be a regional effect. And recent results from the thermal imaging system on the Mars Odyssey probe suggest that the polar cap is not shrinking at all, but varies greatly from one Martian year to the next, although the details have yet to be published.

Summary - the rightwing argument is that an increase in solar radiation must be causing the warming on both mars and earth - THEREFORE we don't need to conserve our fossil carbon, we can drive and burn as much as we like because its the sun that will kill us not carbon dioxide.

BUT - we have been measuring solar radiance officially for 30 years (and unofficially for hundreds), and there has been no increase in solar radiation.

The one scientist who has promoted this theory - yes, that's ONE, as in a single guy, is a russian who hasn't had a single article on this published in the scientific literature - so it can't even be discussed seriously by scientists, it has yet to be stated as a real theory in the peer review process.

Here's the famous 2007 article which is the base of it all, published in national geographic, which is not part of the peer review liturature.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...s-warming.html

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In 2005 data from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions revealed that the carbon dioxide "ice caps" near Mars's south pole had been diminishing for three summers in a row.

Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of space research at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, says the Mars data is evidence that the current global warming on Earth is being caused by changes in the sun.

"The long-term increase in solar irradiance is heating both Earth and Mars," he said.

Solar Cycles

Abdussamatov believes that changes in the sun's heat output can account for almost all the climate changes we see on both planets.

Mars and Earth, for instance, have experienced periodic ice ages throughout their histories.

"Man-made greenhouse warming has made a small contribution to the warming seen on Earth in recent years, but it cannot compete with the increase in solar irradiance," Abdussamatov said.

marketsmart · 08-17-2010, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

Actually, I have had Thai twin teen ladyboys. Maybe they pig roasted me, I don't remember. But I recall with vivid detail the few sets of female twins I've been with over here. My cock needs to be bronzed when I'm done with it and hung on Ron Jeremy's wall.

put it up on ebay and i will outbid ron....

.

ffmihai · 08-17-2010, 10:01 PM

so what? go fuck yourself.

Dirty Lord · 08-18-2010, 06:27 AM

thats sad

seeandsee · 08-18-2010, 07:18 AM

Nature will strike back, just wait for it

thickcash_amo · 08-18-2010, 07:33 AM

Its sad that the coral is dying, but I am more worried about the fish and birds here close to me dying from oil

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